The Medical Field - Outstanding Asian Women

Asian Women Among Time’s 100 Women of the Year

https://thediplomat.com/2020/03/asian-women-among-times-100-women-of-the-year/

1979: Tu Youyou — Tu, born in Ningbo in 1930, was inspired to pursue a career in medical research after surviving tuberculosis in high school. By 1969 she was …

Women in healthcare | McKinsey

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Women are the primary consumers and decision makers in the healthcare market, and they make up almost 50 percent of the workforce: much of their advancement and leadership in the field rests …

26 Fantastic Female Scientists - Asian Scientist Magazine

https://www.asianscientist.com/2019/03/features/26-fantastic-female-scientists/

The fact remains, however, that women remain under-represented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics …

Asian Women Doctors Endure Harsh Treatment - The New York …

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/21/opinion/asian-american-women-doctors-racism-sexism.html

Last year, only 64 medical department chairs in the country, out of more than three thousand surveyed, were occupied by Asian-American women doctors …

5 Trailblazing Female Doctors Who Changed The Face …

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Asian Americans face barriers and bigotry in medicine | CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/21/opinions/asian-american-discrimination-medicine-choi/index.html

At the academic medical institution in New York City where I work, Asians and Asian Americans make up 32% of the student body and 24% of faculty and staff.

The Most Influential Women In Medicine: From The Past …

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Clara Barton. Perhaps one of the more well-known American women in the medical world was Clara Barton. Barton, born in 1821, founded the American Red Cross in 1881 after caring for soldiers during …

The Medical Field - Outstanding Asian Women | Day of Difference

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Last year, only 64 medical department chairs in the country, out of more than three thousand surveyed, were occupied by Asian-American women doctors (compared with …

Op-Ed: Anti-Asian bias flourishes in the medical profession - Los ...

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-04-12/asian-discrimination-racism-medical-profession

Data from the Assn. of American Medical Schools shows that “non-underrepresented minorities” have made up around 90% to 94% of medical school …

The 10 most influential women in the history of medicine

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Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958) British scientist Rosalind Franklin is best known for her work in understanding the structure of DNA, using x-ray photographs to solve its …